Improvement in churns



J W. SEFTON. Chur n.

No. 53,380. Patented March 20, 1866.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICEO JOSIAH YV. SEFTON, OF GETTYSBURG, PENN SYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND JAMES MGCREARY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Paten'b No. 53,380, (lated March 20, 1866.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, JosIAH 7. SEFroN, of Gettysburg, in the County of Adams and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful Improvement in Churns; and I do hcreby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nature,Construction,and operation of the same, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to which it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying d 'awngs, which are made part ot' this specitication, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view, the lid being re moved.

The chnrn consists of a pair of reciprocating dasher-shafts, each carrying a pair ot' pivoted and perforated dashers, which, by the vertical and oscillating movements of the dash er-shaft, are caused to rock as they alternately rise and descend in the churn, being guided in their vertical niotions by a cleat, which keeps them from interl'erence.

A is the body of the churn, upon which are the slandards B B, in which the crank-shaft C is journaled, and in which it revolves under the impulse of the cranl; D.

The crank-shait has opposite cranks. E E, to which are attached the dasher-shafts F F, which are confined thereto by the straps G G, or in any other suitable nanner. To each of these dasher-shafts are pivoted two dashers, H H', whose independence of motion on the shafts enables theni in their ascent and descent, but especially the latter, to assimilate their position to the level of the cream in the churn, as it is an object to give the crean a blow which will scatter and disperse it around the edge of the dasher and through the holes in the same,

which is an effective action upon the crearn.

The dashers are allowed to acconnodate themselves in their vertical notions to theimpression of the fluid in which theyoperate, the main efect in this respect being as they descend to slap upon the surface of the cream, causing it to scatter in every available direction.

The lid ot' the churn is fastened thereto by the buttons I I, and is in such sections as may be conveniently applicable thereto, allowing openings for the passage through it ot' the dasher-shafts F F.

The above-described churn is a practical success, and has proved very speedy and effective.

Having described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangenent of the pivoted dashers H H', the dasher-shat'ts F F, and the double crank-shaft 0 E E, the whole Operating substantially as described and represented.

' JOSIAH W. SEFTON.

XVitnesses JAMES MCGREARY, A. J. COVER. 

